Google Sheets gets a Gemini-powered upgrade to analyze data faster and create visuals

Google is giving Sheets a Gemini-powered upgrade that is designed to help users analyze data faster and turn spreadsheets into charts using AI. With this update, users can access Gemini’s capabilities to generate insights from their data, such as correlations, trends, outliers, and more. Users now can also generate advanced visualizations, like heatmaps, that they … Read more

Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly

Instagram alternative Flashes publicly launched its Bluesky-based photo-sharing app on the App Store this week, gaining nearly 30,000 downloads in its first 24 hours. The app offers a classic Instagram-like experience, allowing users to upload up to four photos and videos of up to a minute in length. Built by Berlin-based developer Sebastian Vogelsang, Flashes … Read more

#Memhash Now Available On Exchanges After Successful Mining Phase

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, February 28th, 2025/Chainwire/–Recognised as a top-5 trending app in Telegram, #Memhash reveals to build one of the largest DePIN projects with currently almost 1.2 million monthly active users. #Memhash, a Telegram-based application, announces a significant milestone in its ongoing development setting up an AI agent launchpad and transforming #Memhash … Read more

DOGE wants to lay off the ‘vast majority’ of CFPB workers, employees say

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to fire the “vast majority” of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), agency employees — some using pseudonyms for fear of retaliation — told a federal court in sworn declarations. Seven current and five former CFPB employees submitted the declarations as part of the National … Read more

EVgo says no to fast-charging extension cables and breakaway adapters

Electric vehicle charging network EVgo changed its terms of service Thursday to include new language explicitly prohibiting the use of high-speed DC extension cables and breakaway adapters at the company’s stations. The terms, which go into effect March 8th, are another bump in the road for enterprising companies looking to cash in on EV charging … Read more

Donald Trump-Linked Firm May be Looking to Start NFT and Metaverse Platform

DTTM Operations, a company that manages U.S. President Donald Trump’s IP rights, filed a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which might hint at potential non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and metaverse platform. The document lists various products related to blockchain-based goods and services, including accessing NFTs, managing cryptocurrency transactions, virtual reality software and … Read more

Streamline work insights with the Amazon Q Business connector for Smartsheet

Amazon Q Business is a fully managed, generative AI–powered assistant that empowers enterprises to unlock the full potential of their data and organizational knowledge. With Amazon Q Business, you can quickly access answers to questions, generate summaries and content, and complete tasks by using the expertise and information stored across various data sources and enterprise … Read more

Level up your problem-solving and strategic thinking skills with Amazon Bedrock

Organizations across many industries are harnessing the power of foundation models (FMs) and large language models (LLMs) to build generative AI applications to deliver new customer experiences, boost employee productivity, and drive innovation. Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing FMs from leading AI companies, provides the easiest way to … Read more

Optimizing AI implementation costs with Automat-it

This post was written by Claudiu Bota, Oleg Yurchenko, and Vladyslav Melnyk of AWS Partner Automat-it. As organizations adopt AI and machine learning (ML), they’re using these technologies to improve processes and enhance products. AI use cases include video analytics, market predictions, fraud detection, and natural language processing, all relying on models that analyze data … Read more

Good hype for fusion, bad buzz for YC

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Hype can be good or bad. This week, we’ve seen startups on both sides of that fence — and being on the good side warranted large funding … Read more

The end of an era: the final AWS DeepRacer League Championship at re:Invent 2024

AWS DeepRacer League 2024 Championship finalists at re:Invent 2024 The AWS DeepRacer League is the world’s first global autonomous racing league powered by machine learning (ML). Over the past 6 years, a diverse community of over 560,000 builders from more than 150 countries worldwide have participated in the League to learn ML fundamentals hands-on through … Read more

Grand Central Dispatch, Once and for All

Hello! My name is Kiryl Famin, and I am an iOS developer. In this article, we will cover Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) once and for all. Although GCD might seem outdated now that Swift Modern Concurrency exists, code using this framework will continue to appear for many years—both in production and in interviews. Today we … Read more